You could be forgiven for thinking Friday’s edition of The Social, Canada’s daytime talk show, was just an April Fool’s Day gag. Not because the three women co-hosts were talking about lingerie, but because they were slagging a UK indie brand that is …

At this time of year, the fashion media is saturated with hyper-sexualized images of flawless lingerie models promoting the classic — and utterly ridiculous — paradigm of romance that surrounds Valentine’s Day.